Former Microsoft CTO says VR/AR at least 'a decade' away from being mainstream

[Sharpryno]

vivster said:

Nem said:
I'm glad to see many people have woken up to reality here. Maybe past threads were just too populated with Sony fans.

Anyways, yes. No one in their right mind can think that putting some nerdy huge device around your head is going to be mainstream.
Once they make it work in a pair of slick glasses, then maybe we can talk. Otherwise VR is as much a waste of time and resources as it was in the 90's.

While I agree to some extend please don't compare today's VR with that shameful stuff in the 90s. That wasn't VR, that was just a screen taped to your forehead. The VR we have now can actually give us the feeling of presence which is several levels above what past VR could do for us. Basically there was no real VR before the development of the OR. It's not just a stupid gimmick like 3D or motion controls, it's a whole new experience you can't get any other way.

Wrong, VR in the 90s did exactly what you are explaining.  Professor at my Uni says he attended SIGGRAPH in the mid 90s and they had VR tech there.  Said he put it on and started traversing, and all of a sudden in the "game" you fall into a free fall and most people would fall down or lose balance, their body would freak out.

Its still vastly superior today, but it wasn't horrible a decade ago.  Personally, I can't think of one game I'd want to play on it.  Would be cool to try out, like laser tag from time to time :P